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Dragon 2 is _not_ an iteration on Dragon 1. It’s a completely different vehicle and it was risky for SpaceX to go the route of developing a completely new vehic
by elteto 3y ago
Dragon 2 is _not_ an iteration on Dragon 1. It’s a completely different vehicle and it was risky for SpaceX to go the route of developing a completely new vehicle. Yet they got it done, cheaper and faster.
- Retric 3y agoYou can make that argument, but they share quite a bit of hardware and software. Considering how many software issues Boeing ran into that alone was a huge advantage. Plenty of things were updated like IDSS, though that’s an evolution of the old docking standard etc etc. But in the end the unmanned dragon 2 is using the same Falcon 9 rocket, on literally the same mission. SpaceX even called it extended dragon in several places. The crewed version of Dragon 2 is shares most of its design though with abort thrusters, life support, etc.